Oiling apparatus for journals.



W. OCGNERS.

OILING APPARATUS FOR JOURNALS.

APPLICATION nun MAB. 9, 1911.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

ATTORNEY WILLIAM OCONERS, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

OILING APPARATUS FOR JOURNALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed March 9, 1911. Serial No. 613,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OCoNEns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident -of New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulv Improvement in Oiling Apparatus for Journals, of which the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to oiling apparatus for journals and it has particular reference to devices for use in connection with the journal boxes of railway locomotive drivers, though not restricted in its application to such specific relations.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive and efl'ective means for con tinuously applying oil to a journal in such manner as to insure effective lubrication at any and all speeds of rotation of the journal and in such manner as to economize, in a marked degree, the use of the oil employed as a lubricant, since the oil may be repeatedly used,and in such'manner as to' avoid the collection of impurities therein and evaporation thereof.

' In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a horizontal section through a journal box equipped with my invention; Fig. 2 is a view partially in end elevation and partially in section of a journal and a'journal box having my invention embodied therein; Fig. 3 is a centrally Vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 2'; Fig. 4 is a detail view, partially in 'side elevation and partially in section, of the oil-spraying device which is partially shown in the other figures of the drawing, and Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of a portion of a journal box embodying a modification of my invention.

My invention may be adapted for use in connection with a journal box of any known type or it may be used in connection with a ournal box s ecially designed for it. For

the purpose 0 indicating that my invention may be applied to one well known form of standard journal box without material change in the structure of such box, and either by itself or in conjunction with the oil devices which have heretofore been emratus.

ployed, I have illustrated a journal box of the Pennsylvania Railroad type in which the main portion 1 of the box is provided with a top recess 2 to receive a mass of oilimpregnated waste and from which extends a hole or passage 3 through the brass 4 to a longitudinal groove 3 therein above the journal 5.

In place of the ordinary cellar containing oil-impregnated waste to engage the underside of the journal 5, I provide a cellar 6 which is designed to be partially filled with a body of oil 7 and at the respective ends of which are located segmental brasses 8 of T shape in crosssection, the bottom portion ofthe brasses fitting into semi-annular grooves 9 in the bottoms of which are located helical sprin s 10 in order to hold the brasses against the ]011I- nal 5. The devices 8 are employed mainly for the purpose of preventing the escapeof oil from the cellar, any oil which finds its way into the recess 9 being led back into the cellar through the passages 10.

Oil is supplied to. the cellar through a pipe 11, which may be closed by a screw plug 12 when not in use in order to prevent the entrance of dirt or other foreign matter. Oil may be supplied to the journal from the cellar 6 by means of rings or chains, chains 13 being here indicated for that purpose and grooves 14 being rovided in the brass 4 for the urpose o providin spaces over the top of the journal for suc chains.

The bottom of the cellar 6 is provided with a recess or chamber 15, here shown as pro jecting below the main bottom portion of the cellar but not necessarily in such position, it being within the scope of my invention to extend the entire body of the cellar to such point as may be necessary to make the bottom portion of the chamber 15 flush therewith or otherwise change the construction to suit the designer or builder of the appa- Seated in, the chamber 15-is an approximately rectangular body portion '16 of an oil-spraying device 16, a transverse partition 17 being provided therein for the purpose of partially supporting a fluid-discharging nozzle 18. The nozzle 18 projects through an opening in one side wall of the box or body portion 16 and also through an opening in the corresponding wall of the recess or chamber 15 to which it is clamped by means of nuts 19 and 20. The nozzle 18 is connected to any suitable system of piping (not shown) through which steam, compressed air or other fluid under pressure may be conducted to the nozzle, the discharge end of which is located in the inlet end of the nozzle 21 ofthe device 16, said inlet end being seated in the side wall of the box 16, which is opposite that supporting the nozzle 18 and being fastened therein by means of a screw thread connection and a nut 22, or otherwise, as may be found desirable and convenient. As here indicated, the nozzle 21 is bent to project upwardly toward the journal at any suitable or desired angle and is flattened to provide an elongated opening 23 at its upper end which is substantially parallel to the journal and extends over a considerable portion of the length that is included between the brasses 8.

The box or body portion 16 is provided with openings 24 in its sides through which the oil may flow freely from the cellar and,

consequently, the spraying device is always full of oil, and, although the oil is continuously forced from the outlet 23 by the fluid ejected from the nozzle 18, a continuous supply is received from the cellar, so that there is a continuous circulation throughout the operation. The box or body portion 16 is anchored by means of laterally projecting lugs 25 and screws 26, and is provided with a cover 27 that is fastened in position by means of screws 28. The cellar 6 is fastened in position by means of bolts 29 the inner ends of which engage recesses in lugs 30 nuts 31. An opening 32 is prises one or more pipes 34 extending from the body portion 16 of the spraying device through one or more of the grooves 14 at one slde of the journal and terminating at the top of the journal, as indicated. If three plpes 34 are employed, the rings or chains w1ll, of course, be omitted and some or all of them may be omitted in any case. The 01 1 may be discharged from the pipe or pipes 34 1nto the groove 3 through a nozzle 9f any su table form and dimensions, and, in case a smgle pipe 34 is employed, the noztherefore not attempted to illustrate such modifications as will readily occur to those skilled in the art. 7

Rings or chains may be employed as'the sole means for applying oil to the journal or a pipe or set of pipeshaving a discharge nozzle or set of nozzles may be employed exclusively as the oiling means. I desire it to be understood, however, that the spraying apparatus may be employed in conjunction with rings or chains when the journal is operated at extraordinarily high speeds or under any other conditions, if found necessary or desirable. 9

It will beunderstood from the illustration and foregoing description that my invention may be readily applied to journal boxes already in use, withoutdisarranging or replacing any of the arts except the cellars, and, consequently, t at the change may be made at a minimum expense. In case oilfeeding chains are employed, it will, of course, be necessary to cut grooves in the brasses 4. It will also be understood that the devices which I have described are adapted to thoroughly and effectively lubrinozzle and a body portion provided with an inlet opening submerged insaidbody of oil, and a fluid-conducting pipe having its nozzle located within said device between the inlet opening and the discharge openlng of the nozzle, 1

i 2. An oiling device; for railway velncle journals comprisin an. oil reservoir, a spraying device having a body member located in said reservoir and provided wlth a submerged inlet opening, a nozzle portlon and means for applying fluid-pressure tothe oil at a point between the inlet openln'g'and the discharge opening of the nozzle.

' 3. A journal box having a cellar adapted to contain a body of oil, an oil-applying device comprising a body member having a In testimony whereof, I have hereunto submer ed inlet opening and a nozzle memsubscribed my name this sixth day of March ber, anfi means Within said nozzle member 1911.

for forcing portions of said oil against the WILLIAM OCONERS; 5 journal and maintaining a continuous oil Witnesses: q

circulation through said cellar, bodymem- 'M. S. THOMPSON,

her and nozzle member. WESLEY G. CARR. 

